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"George Brown (1835-1917) was many things during his long life; leader in the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Australasia, explorer, linguist, political activist, apologist for the missionary enterprise, amateur anthropologist, writer, constant traveller, collector of artefacts, photographer and s...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Reeson, Margaret, 1938-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Canberra : Australian National University E Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Brown, George, > 1835-1917.
Brown, George, > 1835-1917
Wesleyan Methodist Church > Missions > Oceania > History.
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Missionaries > England > Biography.
Missionaries > Oceania > Biography.
Missionnaires > Angleterre > Biographies.
Missionnaires > Océanie > Biographies.
Biography and True Stories.
Biography: general.
Biography: religious and spiritual.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Religious.
Travel
Missionaries
Missions
Oceania > History.
Oceania > Description and travel.
Océanie > Histoire.
Océanie > Descriptions et voyages.
England
Oceania
Pacific region
Religious biography
Biographies
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • 1. 'The farthest place from England'
  • 2. 'Alone yet not alone'
  • 3. 'With aching hearts ... '
  • 4. 'A great waste of men and money'
  • 5. 'We are all in God's hands ... '
  • 6. 'I see no reason to die of fear'
  • 7. 'If God had called me to that work Lydia dared not hinder'
  • 8. 'A great sinking of heart'
  • 9. 'I shall not be surprised to hear that many condemn'
  • 10. 'A fearful mistake'
  • 11. 'I wish I was twenty years younger'
  • 12. 'A vagabond streak'
  • 13. 'One of the toughest morsels'
  • 14. 'The other end of the telescope'
  • 15. 'A doubtful experiment'
  • 16. 'Rev. Dr. Georgium Brown'
  • 17. 'Sanctified audacity'
  • 18. 'Something of the vagabond'
  • 19. 'The Venerable General Secretary'
  • 20. 'Grand old man of Methodist Missions'
  • 21. 'A creed wide enough'
  • 22. 'Beloved chief and father'
  • Epilogue.

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